基础题练习题18

20.We saw many ________ flowers and plants which we had never seen before.

A.exterior

B.exotic

C.extravagant

D.eccentric

正确答案：B

解析
exterior adj. 外部的，表面的；
exotic adj. 国外的，异国的；
extravagant adj. 奢侈的，浪费的；
eccentric adj. 古怪的，反常的；
译文：我们看到许多从未见过的国外花卉和植物。

考察点：词义辨析

肯定有人会想eccentric是古怪的，我们看到古怪的没有见过的花朵，是说得通的，但是eccentric不同于strange和weird。

根据英文解释

weird/strange have bad connotations and can describe things or people, and eccentric always describes people and has a better connotation than the other two words.

eccentric常用来形容人，而且多含有褒义；strange和weird多是贬义的，而且可以形容人或物。

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exotic

美 [ɪɡˈzɑːtɪk] 

adj.

来自异国（尤指热带国家）的；奇异的；异国情调的；异国风味的 
from or in another country, especially a tropical one; seeming exciting and unusual because it is connected with foreign countries

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eccentric

美 [ɪkˈsentrɪk] 

adj.

古怪的；异乎寻常的 
considered by other people to be strange or unusual

eccentric behaviour/clothes

古怪的行为；奇装异服

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extravagant

美 [ɪkˈstrævəɡənt] 

adj.

奢侈的；挥霍的；铺张浪费的 
spending a lot more money or using a lot more of sth than you can afford or than is necessary

过于昂贵的 
costing a lot more money than you can afford or is necessary

(of ideas, speech or behaviour 想法或言行) 无节制的；过分的；放肆的；不切实际的 
very extreme or impressive but not reasonable or practical

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exterior

n.

[C] （尤指建筑物的）外部，外观，表面，外貌 
the outside of sth, especially a building

The exterior of the house needs painting.

房子外墙需要油漆。

 

[sing.] （人的）外貌，外表 
the way that sb appears or behaves, especially when this is very different from their real feelings or character

Beneath his confident exterior, he was desperately nervous.

他表面上自信，内心极度紧张。

 

adj.

[usually before noun] 外面的；外部的；外表的 
on the outside of sth; done or happening outdoors

exterior walls/surfaces 

外墙；外层表面

The filming of the exterior scenes was done on the moors.

外景是在沼泽地拍摄的。